·adj Crawling, or moving close to the ground.
II. Creeping ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Creep.
III. Creeping ·adj Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, ·etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
·add. ·- The stonecrop (Sedum acre). ...
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Gouging out the surfaces of timbers in crooked channels, to promote a circulation of air. ...
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